Madison Gate Records will release the official soundtrack album for the romantic drama It Ends with Us. The album features the film’s original score composed by Rob Simonsen (Deadpool & Wolverine, The Whale, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Age of Adaline, The Way Back, Foxcatcher, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer) & Duncan Blickenstaff (Hollywood Stargirl, Reboot, Alex, Inc., Outmatched). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 9. The streaming/download link will be added to this page within the next day. It Ends with Us is directed by Justin Baldoni and stars Blake Lively, Baldoni himself, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, Amy Morton and Brandon Sklenar. The movie is based on Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel of the same title and follows a woman who overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston, where she meets and falls in love with a neurosurgeon, when her first love suddenly reenters her life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘It Ends with Us’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Duncan Blickenstaff, It Ends with Us, Justin Baldoni, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack
Original Song ‘The Last Ballad of Damrod’ from ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Released
Posted: August 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Bear McCreary, Jens Kidman, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Roadrunner Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the second season of the Prime Video original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the original song The Last Ballad of Damrod written by the show’s composer Bear McCreary featuring vocals by Jens Kidman (of the Swedish metal band Meshuggah). Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album for the new season will be released on August 23 (click here for more information). Read the rest of this entry »
Laurent Eyquem Scoring Tony Dean Smith’s ‘Strangers’
Posted: August 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Laurent Eyquem, Man with No Past, Strangers, Tony Dean Smith
Laurent Eyquem (Copperhead, Winnie Mandela, Nostalgia, Rage, Momentum) has recently been scoring the upcoming action thriller Strangers. The film is directed by Tony Dean Smith (Volition, Mercy) and stars Sienna Guillory, Jon Voight, Emmett J. Scanlan, Jamie Bamber and Alex Blake. The movie follows a woman seeking revenge on her abusive husband whose life takes a dark turn when she meets a mysterious hitman and spirals into a dangerous vigilante spree. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Hero Academia: You’re Next’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: My Hero Academia: You're Next, score, Soundtrack, Tensai Okamura, Yuki Hayashi
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for Japanese animated superhero movie My Hero Academia: You’re Next. The album features the film’s original music composed by Yuki Hayashi who previously scored the My Hero Academia TV series and the first three features, Two Heroes, Heroes Rising and World Heroes’ Mission. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first track after the jump. My Hero Academia: You’re Next is directed by Tensai Okamura, written by Yosuke Kuroda and follows U.A. high school student Izuku Midoriya as he confronts the villain who imitates the hero he’s long admired. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Front’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frederik Van de Moortel, Julien Hayet-Kerknawi, score, Soundtrack, The Last Front
Enigma Releasing Music will release the official soundtrack album for the World War I thriller The Last Front. The album features the film’s original score composed by Frederik Van de Moortel (Inside, Animas, Juliet). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 9 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s final track (Leonard the Farmer) after the jump. The Last Front is written and directed by Julien Hayet-Kerknawi and stars Iain Glen, Sasha Luss, Joe Anderson, James Downie, Emma Dupont, Julian Kostov and David Calder. The movie is set in a Belgian village during the tumultuous start of World War I and follows a farmer in a small town attempting to protect his family and neighbors from an infiltrating German army. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amelia McCarten, Michael Lira, Paul Phelan, score, Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker, Soundtrack
VHM has released a soundtrack album for the Australian giant screen documentary Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Lira (Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Interceptor, Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp, Black Water: Abyss, The Hunter, Growing Up Smith, Nekrotronic). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s main title track below. Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker is directed by Amelia McCarten & Paul Phelan, narrated by Sam Neill and takes place in a colony of sea lions living between a jagged cliff face. The movie centers on a rare Australian sea lion pup, and the people who are trying to save her species. Read the rest of this entry »
Brooke & Will Blair Scoring Jeremy Saulnier’s ‘Rebel Ridge’
Posted: August 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brooke Blair, Jeremy Saulnier, Netflix, Rebel Ridge, Will Blair
Composers Brooke Blair & Will Blair (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, The Informer, Sweet Virginia, Black Christmas) are reteaming with director Jeremy Saulnier on the upcoming Netflix original film Rebel Ridge. The movie is written and directed by Saulnier and stars Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Emory Cohen, David Denman, James Cromwell, Zsané Jhé, Steve Zissis and Dana Lee. The thriller follows a former Marine who confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin’s bail. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Don’t Hang Up’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Don't Hang Up, Francesco Motta, Motta, Non riattaccare, score, Soundtrack
CAM Sugar has released a soundtrack album for the Italian thriller Don’t Hang Up (Non riattaccare). The album features the film’s original music composed by Motta (The Land of the Sons, The Cage – Nella Gabbia, Letto numero 6). The soundtrack is now available on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Don’t Hang Up is co-written and directed by Manfredi Lucibello and stars Barbara Ronchi and Claudio Santamaria. The movie is set during the early days of the COVID pandemic and follows a troubled young Italian translatot in a race against time to reach her ex-boyfriend, without hanging up the phone. Read the rest of this entry »
2024 World Soundtrack Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: August 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the nominees for the 2024 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories of Film Composer of the Year, Television Composer of the Year and Best Original Song. The winners will be announced at the 24th World Soundtrack Awards ceremony, which will take place on October 16, 2024 at the Capitole Ghent as the closing night of the Film Fest Gent. Elliot Goldenthal has previously been announced to receive Lifetime Achievement Award. The rest of the nominations will be revealed on September 13. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Super Papa’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Laurent Perez Del Mar, Léa Lando, score, Soundtrack, Super Papa
Bonne Pioche Music has released a soundtrack album for the French family comedy Super Papa. The album features the film’s original score composed by Laurent Perez Del Mar (The Red Turtle, I Kill Giants, The Mystery of Henri Pick, My Son, Zarafa, The Kitchen Brigade). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track after the jump. Super Papa is co-written and directed by Léa Lando and stars Ahmed Sylla, Ismaël Bangoura, Louise Coldefy, Julien Pestel, Claudia Tagbo and Zabou Breitman. The movie follows a father who accidentally gives his kid a book with blank pages for his birthday and makes up a story that the book is magical and fulfills the dreams of those who write in it. Read the rest of this entry »
